ESPN Mosley: Austin off the charts in YAC

[WoodysGirl]

October 28, 2009 10:38 AM
Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley

I've spent the morning going over some numbers from ESPN's Stats & Information group. The yards after catch (YAC) totals caught me eye -- and it looks like the pride of Bergen (N.J.) County, N.J., Miles Austin, is climbing the charts. Of the players in the top 10, Chargers running back Darren Sproles and Austin have accomplished the most with the least amount of opportunities.

The folks in Stats & Information have Sproles with 19 catches for 268 yards after the catch and Austin with 21 for 225. Obviously, Austin's numbers are more impressive because he's catching the ball downfield and then escaping defenders. Sproles is a talented player, but he's often catching the ball on the run out of the backfield.

By comparison, it's taken Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker 46 catches to have 266 yards after the catch. As you might expect, four of the top five leaders in this category are running backs. Ray Rice and Steve Slaton rank first and second.

Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson checks in at No. 10 overall with 21 catches for 208 yards after the catch. Commanders tight end Chris Cooley (187) and Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks (173) are also in the top 20 in YAC. That means that Nicks is in front of Falcons wideout Roddy White and Panthers All-Pro Steve Smith.

Lest you think that great YAC totals translate to wins, here are the top YAC teams in the league:

1. Raiders

2. Rams

3. Commanders

4. Seahawks

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Austin is making a lot of people believers... The YAC is impressive.

 

[AdamJT13]

Those numbers are different from what STATS LLC has --

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/stats/2009/receiving/0_byRECPT_YAC.html

They have Austin for 256 YAC, second among wide receivers to Welker's 286.

 

[peplaw06]

Lest you think that great YAC totals translate to wins, here are the top YAC teams in the league:

1. Raiders

2. Rams

3. Commanders

4. Seahawks

Checkdown offenses.

the pride of Bergen (N.J.) County, N.J.,

Is that in New Jersey?

 

[TonyRomo#9]

the fact that the worst teams have the best yac, is skewed, they have the best yack, cause they play against the prevent D for the whole 4th quarter..

its like saying, teams that win, run the ball more, yeah, cause you run the ball with the lead, same reason teams lose and didn't run the ball, yeah cause they were forced to throw the whole second half.. some of those stats are stupid..

amazing, every team that executes a kneel down play win the game!!!
we should come out with that as our first play then! the numbers don't lie.

 

[zrinkill]

1. Raiders

2. Rams

3. Commanders

4. Seahawks

:laugh2:

We still have 4 games against those teams ...... Austins numbers are gonna skyrocket.

 

[joseephuss]

Checkdown offenses.


Is that in New Jersey?

There is a name for the type of offense the Raiders run? Thanks, that is my one thing learned for the day.

 

[dogberry]

Maybe if they changed their cut sign from "New Jersey" to "Omaha", the offense would work better.

 

[silverbear]

Lest you think that great YAC totals translate to wins, here are the top YAC teams in the league:

1. Raiders

2. Rams

3. Commanders

Jason Campbell has become Captain Checkdown, throwing little more than short passes... which makes his 10 turnovers in 6 games all the more amusing...